tone (of argument); tenor; drift
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
scale; scope; plan; structure
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
now that you say that; now that you mention it
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
this for sure; certainly is
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
person concerned; interested party; related party
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
conference room; council room
third day of the month; three days
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention